MY TRUCK HAS A BAD GAS SMELL WHEN ENTERING OR EXITING THE TRUCK. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH IT AND SAW A SMALL GAS LEAK COMING FROM THE TOP INSIDE OF THE TANK. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 26000 MILES ON IT, AND IS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. PLEASE INFORM ME IF YOU KNOW OF OTHER REPORTS OF GAS LEAKING ON THESE CHEVY TRUCKS
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2016 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK AND WOULD TURN ON HIS OWN. NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WEIR CHEVROLET BUICK (GMC,1507 S MAIN ST, RED BUD, IL 62278) AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING GEAR NEEDED TO RECALIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE UPDATE DID NOT WORK AND THE DEALER HAD TO RECALIBRATE THE STEERING AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT IT WAS NOT PART OF THE OF THE UNKNOWN TSB. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY CORRECTED THE ISSUE OF THE UNKNOWN BULLETIN AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
CONSTANTLY HAVING FREON LEAKS IN THE SAME PLACE AND APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
A/C CONDENSOR CRACKED LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. $1000 REPAIR. CHEVROLET RECALLED SUVS WITH THE SAME SYSTEM BUT NOT TRUCKS. WHEN WILL CHEVROLET MAKE THIS RIGHT
THE TRANSMISSION ALWAYS RUNS HOT. I TOOK IT WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY TO GET FIX AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD RUN ABOUT 250' I DON'T THINK THIS IS TRUE NOW MY WARRANTY IS OVER AND THE PROBLEM NEVER WENT AWAY
I WAS BACKING IN TO A LAKE TO PULL MY BOAT OUT AND ALMOST WENT RIGHT IN THE LAKE. EMERGENCY BRAKE SAVED ME. THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SITUATION I HAVE EVER BEEN IN IN MY 56 YEARS OF LIVING. I AM FILING A LAW SUIT.
SINCE PURCHASED, TRUCK SHAKES AT ABOUT 70 MPH. ORIGINAL TIRES WERE MOUNTED AND BALANCED - STILL SHAKES. NEW SET OF TIRES WERE PUT IN - STILL SHAKES AT 70+MPH. HAPPENS ON ALL TYPES OF HIGHWAY SURFACES. ONGOING ISSUE.
IN A PARKING GARAGE AND TRYING TO MANEUVER INTO A PARKING STALL. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD. THE ABS LIGHT FLASHED MOMENTARILY AND WENT OUT. THERE WERE NO POWER BRAKES AND VERY LITTLE EFFECT TO STANDING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT. CONTINUED TO HAVE NO OR LIMITED BRAKES. WENT ON TO ANOTHER PARKING STALL WHERE NO ONE ELSE AROUND. CREPT INTO SPOT. WHEN ARRIVED BACK FROM TRIP, BRAKES WERE FINE. CALLED LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED VACUUM PUMP FREE OF CHARGE. HAS ONLY HAPPENED 2 TIMES SINCE THEM. ALL IN PARKING LOTS AT VERY LOW SPEEDS.
MY VEHICLE HAS THE 6.2L V8 AND THE 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION! THE TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED FOR SHUTTERING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, HOWEVER STILL CONTINUES TO SHIFT VERY HARD GOING UP IN GEARS BUT MORE SO WHEN DOWN SHIFTING. IT SEEMS AS IF IT DOESN'T KNOW WHICH GEAR TO GO IN. IT LURCHES FORWARD AT TIMES WHEN COMING TO A STOP AS WELL! THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS NORMAL FOR THAT TRANSMISSION HOWEVER I DISAGREE! MY VEHICLE HAS 55000 MILES ON IT!
THIS TRUCK SHAKES HORRIBLY OVER 70 MPH. AFTER LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS AND SEEING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN AND NO HOPE THAT A DEALERSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX THIS ISSUE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE RATTLED AND VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO WEBB CHEVY PLAINFIELD (16140 S LINCOLN HWY, PLAINFIELD, IL 60586, (815)261-0118) TO HAVE THE VEHICLE ROAD TESTED. THE MECHANIC ROAD TESTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, A FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MECHANIC ALSO INSPECTED THE TIRES, TRANSMISSION, THE DRIVESHAFT, AND THE REAR AXLES, BUT FOUND NO ISSUES RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 750. *BF CONSUMER STATED HE IS STLL EXPERIENCING VIBRATION AND DEALER DID NOT HAVE ANY REPAIRS FOR THIS CONDITION.*JB
MY TRUCK WAS SHAKING AND SHUDDERING, ALONG WITH HARD UPSHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT WHILE DRIVING. IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND WOULD SPUTTER WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE TRUCK WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.
WARNING ALARM GOES OFF AND POWER STEERING GOES OUT HAPPENS WITH VECHILE IN MOTION
DIVE LINE VIBRATION, NOT FROM OUT OF BALANCE WHEELS. IT OCCURS AROUND 70 MPH AND LIVES IN AND OUT. THE SHAKE/VIBRATION IS ALWAYS PRESENT BUT GETS FLUCTUATES AT A CONTINUOUS SPEED. GOES FROM A SLIGHT FLOOR VIBRATION TO THE ENTIRE CENTER CONSOLE SHAKING WATER OUT OF ITS CUP. FEELS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE GOING TO COME OFF THE BACK. IT CAN BE SEEN THAT THE REAR END IS SHAKING LEFT TO RIGHT FROM THE DRIVERS MIRROR.
AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE TRUCK SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED HARD OUT OF MY HAND. THE SCREENS ALL WENT BLANK. I WAS HALFWAY ONTO THE ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND LUCKILY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT DID IT AGAIN. IT TOOK THREE TIMES TO GET THE CAR GOING. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE DEALER TO TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND PRIOR TO THE SCREEN JUST BLACKED OUT ONLY THEN THE AC BLOWER FAN SURGED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE AGAIN SHUT OFF AS I WAS TURNING FROM DUAL HIGHWAY TO THE DEALER AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED OUT OF MY HANDS AND THE BRAKES LOCKED. ALSO WHEN I BACKED OUT THAT MORNING THE REAR FELT LIKE THEIR WAS SOME SLIPPAGE. I BOUGHT MY 2016 SILVERADO USED IN 2018 WITH 24K MILES ON IT. THE ODOMETER JUST TURNED 50K TWO DAYS AGO, SO THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN HARD AND HAS ALWAYS HAD PROPER SERVICE.I BEGAN RESEARCHING AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINT ONLINE SO I THOUGHT THERE MUST BE A RECALL. HOWEVER, THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THERE IS ONLY A "BULLETIN" AND THAT SINCE I AM OUT OF WARRANTY I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE KNOWN REPAIRS NEEDED TO FIX THIS ISSUE THAT CLEARLY GM IS AWARE OF. REPAIRS ARE OVER 1300 DOLLARS! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT SUCH A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT FIX IT FOR OWNERS. HOW MANY INJURIES AND DEATHS MUST OCCUR BEFORE A BULLETIN WARRANTS BECOMING A RECALL? I ALSO NOTED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER, RIGHT BEFORE I BOUGHT THE
UPON LEAVING MY RESIDENCE AND HEADING TO WORK IN THE MORNING, THE TRUCK STARTED SPUTTERING AND CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. THE ACTION IMPEDED THE TRAFFIC AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CUT ON. AFTER REVIEWING THE FAULT CODE, IT DISPLAYED A P0300 MISFIRE CODE AND P050D, COMMONLY RELATED TO FAULTY FUEL INJECTORS. THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 34000 MILES WHEN THE ISSUE STARTED. LOCAL CHEVY DEALER ADVISED THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND BUMPER TO BUMPER HAS EXPIRED. THE ISSUE IS NOW RE OCCURRING AND THE FUEL INJECTORS ARE ON BACK ORDER.
POWER STEERING LOST TEMPORARILY, LIGHTS WENT ON AND OFF FAST AND VEHICLE DASH WENT BLACK AND TRUCK DIED WHILE TURNING CAUSING ME TO HIT A CAR. MOVING ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL CEASED AND JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WALKER JONES MEGA CENTER (2718 MEMORIAL DR, WAYCROSS, GA 31503, (912) 490-8033) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINALS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
I WILL DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND THE DISPLAY GOES BLACK ON DASH AND I HEAR CLICKING SOUND AND TRUCK SHUTS OFF. STEERING WHEEL HAS LOCKED UP MAKING TURNS, LEFT OR RIGHT. ISSUES MOSTLY HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIMES BUT HAS CUT OFF WITH SHORT TRIPS AND PARKING, BACKING IN. THESE ISSUES STARTED AROUND DEC 2019 AND INCREASED IN FREQUENCY THIS YEAR 2020.
2016 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4X4, 35K MILES. CREW CAB.AIR BAG SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER, PAID TO HAVE FIXED. ONE MONTH LATER LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. I FELT UNDER DRIVERS SEAT, TOUCHED SOME WIRES, LIGHT NO LONGER ON. NOW 42K MILES LIGHT BACK ON. OF COURSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, PAST THE 36 MONTH PERIOD. GM MUST BE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. LIGHT CAME ON AS SOON AS I START THE TRUCK.LIGHT STAYS ON.
WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM VAN HORN TO FORT STOCKTON AT APPROXIMATELY 85 MPH WITH A SEMI PARALLEL ON THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND AN SUV DIRECTLY BEHIND ME NO MORE THAN 3 CAR LENGTHS AWAY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ACTIVATED AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN LUCKILY THE SUV BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AFTER I IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY, AFTER ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER/GRASS AREA. AFTER HAVING TRUCK TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHEVY/GM DEALERSHIP IN PECOS TX, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP ESTIMATED COST OVER $800. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE FUEL PUMP GOES OUT AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BY NHTSA.
I WAS DRIVING AND LOST ALL POWER I HAD NO LIGHTS NO STEERING NO BREAKS AND THEN EVERYTHING CAME BACK ON THIS IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS RESEARCH IT AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE
THE SILVERADO "MYLLINK" INFORMATION CENTER CHANGES SCREENS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS CREATES A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVE AS THEY RETURN TO THE DESIRED SCREEN AND SETTING. THE SCREENS AND FUNCTIONS CHANGE EVERY MINUTE OR SO.
STEERING WILL GET VERY HARD TO TURN FOR A SECOND ON LOW SPEED TURNS, STABILITRAK WILL DISABLE AND DASH WILL BLANK OUT
WHEN SWITCH FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND MOVE FORWARD THAN STEP ON BREAKS IT'S GETS HARDER AND DON'T STOP THE VEHICLE. ALSO IT'S HAPPEN TO ME ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I WAS SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC AND IT'S COME TO STOP AND SLOWLY MOVING THE VEHICLE MY BRAKES WAS TOO HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE , I ALMOST GOING TO HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE.
MY TRUCK SHAKES FROM THE MOMENT WE PULL OFF FROM A STOP AND SHAKES UNTIL WE GET UP TO 70MPH. WE HAD AN ALIGNMENT AND THAT DID NOT FIX ANYTHING. GM IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS DONE NOTHING EXCEPT PUT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR DIAGNOSTICS THAT COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG! WE CANNOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID WE WILL LOSE CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS ON PAVED AND DIRT ROADS AND INSIDE CITY LIMIT STREETS (30 MPH) AND INTERSTATE ROADS (60MPH+). WE ARE ALSO AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK FEARING THAT IT WOULD GET WORSE AND THE DRIVESHAFT MIGHT DROP. $60K TRUCK SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY WASTING AWAY.
I DROVE ALMOST 5 HRS AWAY TO TAKE MY FAMILY ON A VACATION AND WHEN I PULLED INTO THE HOTEL I ALMOST COULDNT STOP AND NOTICED MY PARKING ASSIST SERVICE WAS ON ON THE DASH. I TRIED BACKING UP AND I ALMOST COULD NOT STOP FROM BACKING INTO ANOTHER CAR. AND IT KEEPS DOING IT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. THE BRAKES ARE HARD TO PUSH AND IT FEELS LIKE ARE PALPATATING AND ALSO FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS UNDER MY BRAKE BC IT BARELY PUSHES IN.
I'M HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN A 2016 SILVERADO! I'M 61 YEARS OLD AND TAKE CARE OF MY VEHICLES. AFTER READING CAR BLOGS, I SEE THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING! THE TRUCK JERKS SO VIOLENTLY THAT I'M AFRAID I'VE BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR OR THAT I MAY MOVE FORWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT GM IS AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE NOT FIXED THIS ISSUE. I WORK HARD FOR MY MONEY AND DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPLACEMENT. PLEASE HELP!
MY 2016 SILVERADO 1500 PROBLEMS IS THE ALONG WITH THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TURNS OFF INCLUDING THE RADIO, DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER, DOOR-LOCK CYCLE, AC AND THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT TURN ON ALSO HARD TO TURN. VEHICLE COULD BE JUST ON OR DRIVING AROUND FOR HOURS OR MINUTES TIME DOESN'T MATTER IT COULD DO IT AS SOON IT TURN ON THOSE PROBLEMS APPEAR WHEN THE STABILITRAK LIGHT COMES ON.
INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER STEERING, AND MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. A MESSAGE POPS UP AND SAYS, SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE. HAPPENS MOST OFTEN THE FIRST TIME I USE IT ON ANY GIVEN DAY. BUT OCCASIONALLY HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. IT STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY SINCE THEN. *TR
SILVERARDO 2016 1500 PICK UP TRUCK SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING WITH NO WARNING. TRUCK IS IN FINE OPERATING CONDITION, THERE ARE NO CURRENT RECALLS FOR STEERING FOR THIS YEAR. WIFE WAS DRIVING. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY EXIT. PULLED OVER. I WENT OUT TO GET THE TRUCK LOOKED FOR ANY ISSUES. RESTARTED TRUCK POWER STEERING WORKED THEN FAILED AGAIN AFTER 5 MINUTES. DROVE THE TRUCK TO A PARKING LOT. RESTARTED TRUCK AND POWER STEERING WORKS. WHILE SOME PERSONS MAY BE ABLE TO STEER THE TRUCK TO A SAFE SPOT, IT IS DIFFICULT AND TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF UPPER BODY STRENGTH TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. HOW DO I SAFELY LET MY WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR? I AM WORRIED THAT THIS PREVIOUS DEFECT/ISSUE WAS NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET. THANK YOU
WHILE SETTING IN A DRIVE THRU MY STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK BACK AND FOURTH AND THEN MY TRUCK WILL DIE. I GET SEVERAL DIFFERENT MESSAGES ON MY DASH STABILITY TRACK NEEDS SERVICE, WINDOW NEEDS ROLLED DOWN THEN UP, OR TRAILER ASSIST. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND TRAVELING ON AN EXIT RAMP ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, MY VEHICLE MOMENTARILY "SHUDDERED" OR "LOST POWER" FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN QUITE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY. WHEN I PULLED OVER, I CONNECTED MY CODE SCANNING TOOL AND PULLED A P0300 CODE FROM THE VEHICLE, MEANING IT HAD MULTIPLE/RANDOM MISFIRES. THIS COINCIDES WITH THE "SHUDDER". UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC, THE SERVICE WRITER INFORMED ME THEY HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE COME IN FOR MISFIRE ISSUES, USUALLY RESULTING IN FUEL INJECTORS BEING REPLACED OR THE FUEL PUMP. SEARCHING ONLINE, IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY CONSISTENT ISSUE. MULTIPLE FORUMS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO IT, ALONG WITH MANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS DESCRIBING IT AND SHOWING HOW TO REPLACE THE INJECTORS OR FUEL PUMP. AS THIS SEEMS LIKE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE NHTSA LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND MAKE A DETERMINATION. I WOULD HATE FOR A SIMILAR SITUATION TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE AND THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO RETAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR
SERVICE POWER STEERING CAME ON, CAR WAS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO CONTROL WITH ZERO STEERING ASSIST. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ALMOST HIT MULTIPLE CARS TURNING AT LOW SPEED. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THE CODE C056D BUT IS TAKING ZERO RESPONSIBILITY CHARGING OUTRAGEOUS PRICES FOR AN ELECTRICAL UNIT THAT HAS FAILED IN LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. *TR
I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WITH ABOUT 20000 MILES , RIGHT AFTER I HIT ABOUT 28000 I NOTICED THAT MY SECOND OR THIRD GEAR ON MY TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING . IS ALWAYS DOING IT WHEN IS COLD AND ALWAYS AT THE FIRST START OF THE DAY. I ALSO NOTICED WHEN DOWNSHIFTING IT MAKES A LOUD CLONKING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY OF COURSE TOLD ME IT WAS NOTHING . I DO NOT TOW ANYTHING HEAVY I ONLY USE MY TRUCK TO GO TO WORK . IM PRETTY SURE THIS IS NOT NORMAL . UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T ABLE TO GET IT FIX SINCE REPAIRS FOR TRANSMISSIONS ARE EXPENSIVE AND THIS VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR
TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR THE RECALL ON BRAKES. DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL SERVICE. BRAKES STILL EXHIBIT PROBLEMS. BRAKES BECOME MUSHY AT LOW SPEED AFTER APPLYING BRAKES GENTLY, THEN MOVING FORWARD SLIGHTLY AT LOW SPEED BRAKES SEEM TO COLLAPSE AND EXHIBIT A LOW GRUMBLING NOISE. PADS AND ROTORS ARE GOOD, SO NOT THE ISSUE. IT LEAVES ME WONDERING IF RECALL WAS DONE OR DONE CORRECTLY. *TR
AT APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES, AS I WAS ENTERING THE ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY, I LOST FORWARD DRIVE. I COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED SEVERAL TIMES UNSUCCESSFULLY TO RESUME FORWARD MOTION OR EVEN REVERSE. THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT NO MOVEMENT. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOUSE, AND THEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, THE DEALERSHIP SPENT 2 DAYS DIAGNOSING THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE DETERMINING THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. AFTER THEY REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE GEARS AND CLUTCH PACKS FOR GEARS 2 THROUGH 6 HAD BLOWN APART. THIS IS OF COURSE WAS ABSURD DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT I'VE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING WITH THE TRUCK OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY SO THE DEALER PROCEEDED TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. FAST FORWARD TO 60,000 MILES LATER AND OF COURSE THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE RETURNED. I BEGAN FEELING AN INTENSE VIBRATION THROUGH EVERY GEAR AND AT ALL SPEEDS, LONG, DELAYED AND FREQUENTLY VIOLENT SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH GEARS, AND A STRANGE, NOISY IDLE. THIS WENT ON FOR A DAY WHICH, I THEN PARKED THE TRUCK AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE. THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT, AFTER THE VIBRATIONS, CLUNKS AND DELAYED SHIFTS, I LOST FORWARD DRIVE AGAIN, ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I MANAGED TO GET IT BACK IN DRIVE AFTER SHUTTING OF
SHIFT JERKING, DOWN SHIFTING AND UP SHIFTING. *TR
TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 40-80MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND START BRAKING. SERVICE STABILITRAC WILL COME ON. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN 20 MILES. MAINLY RIGHT AFTER TURNING. WHEN BACKING UP SERVICE STABILITRAC WILL COME ON. STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK. VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF. *TR
I WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO REMOVE MY CHILD, THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN.I THEN BEGAN TO PROBLEM SOLVE THE ISSUE AND REALIZED THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT LOCK WITH KEY FOB OR UNLOCK MANUALLY OR WITH KEY FOB. THE DOOR WILL LOCK MANUALLY BUT I CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE MANUALLY, IT WILL NOT UNLOCK FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL UNLOCK, OR WITH THE KEY FOB. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY PASSENGERS OR DRIVER COULD NOT EXIT THROUGH THAT DOOR. *TR
USUALLY AFTER MORE THAN ONE STOP WHEN MOVING LESS THAN 5 MPH WITH FOOT OF THE GAS (LIKE WHEN PARKING) BREAK PEDAL REQUIRES EXTREME PRESSURE TO STOP VEHICLE.THIS AFTER BRAKE SOFTWARE WAS RE-PROGRAMMED DURING A RECALL. WHEN BACKING A 6000 LB TRAILER (WITHOUT ELECTRIC BRAKES TRAILER HAS HYDRAULIC SURGE BRAKES) DOWN A HILL IT BECOMES DANGEROUS! TO BACK A TRAILER DOWN A HILL YOU MUST PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, USE YOUR RIGHT FOOT TO KEEP THE ENGINE RPM UP AND BRAKE WITH YOUR RIGHT FOOT. THIS ALLOWS THE VACUUM PUMP TO SUPPLY ENOUGH VACUUM FOR THE POWER BRAKES TO WORK COMBINE THIS WITH WATCHING AND GUIDING THE TRAILER AND IT CAUSES EXTREME WORRY. IF YOU DON;T KEEP THE ENGINE RPM UP TO PRODUCE VACUUM YOU CANNOT SAFELY THE TRAILER, IT WILL TRAVEL MUCH FURTHER BEFORE STOPPING AND REQUIRE A MASSIVE EFFORT ON THE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK AND TRAILER. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME I LAUNCH MY BOAT IN 2019. TRUCK NOW HAS ABOUT 51000 MILES ON IT. OTHER THAN THE BRAKES IT HAS BEEN PROBLEM FREE. *TR
MY 2016 SILVERADO STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND ALL OF THE POWER IN MY VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M TURNING BUT I CANNOT MOVE THE WHEEL IN ANY DIRECTION. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A HEAD COLLISION THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF IT. NOT TO MENTION THAT NOT ONE CHEVROLET MECHANIC OR AUTO DEALER KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OR EVEN ACTS LIKE THEY CARE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED IN OLDER MODEL SILVERADO'S AND 2016 SILVERADOS SHOULD BE INCLUDED. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND NOW THEIR IS DOCUMENTATION. *TR
1ST I NOTICE MY INFO SCREEN WOULD BLACK OUT AND COME BACK ON THEN A SERVICE CAMERA MESSAGE WOULD COME ON ONCE IN AWHILE. NOW EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE THE STABILITIRAK WILL COME ON MY SCREEN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL JERK VIOLENTLY OUT OF MY HAND. VERY DANGEROUS. UP TO THIS POINT IT HAS BEEN AT SLOW SPEEDS...(UNDER 30 MPH). *TR
THE FUEL PUMP AND AC COMPRESSOR FAILED JUST OUTSIDE OF BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. *TR
WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE THE BREAK PEDAL HAS BEEN VIBRATING AND GOING TO THE FLOOR FOR A FEW DAYS. THIS USUALLY RESOLVES AFTER A FEW MINUTES. HOWEVER TODAY THE BREAK PEDAL VIBRATED AND WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAS NOT COME BACK UP. THIS IS NOT ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO STOP IN REVERSE OR FORWARD MOTION. WHEN PUT IN REVERSE AND THEN PRESSURE APPLIED TO BREAK THE PEDAL APPEARS TO STAY ON THE FLOOR OF TRUCK. WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE THE PEDAL WILL HAVE SOME PRESSURE BEHIND IT BUT THEN WILL ABRUPTLY GO TO FLOOR AND NOT ALLOW TRUCK TO STOP. THIS OCCURRED BEFORE THE LAST BREAK RECALL ON THIS TRUCK. RECALL WAS COMPLETED AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SAME ISSUE HAS OCCURRED. THERE IS ADEQUATE BREAK FLUID IN RESERVOIR AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LEAKING. BREAK PADS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS SEEMS TO BE EITHER AN INTERNAL COMPUTER ISSUE OR AND ISSUE WITH THE BREAK PEDAL ITSELF. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED.
BRAKE PEDAL TURNED ROCK SOLID. VERY DIFFICULT TO BRAKE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY. ALMOST CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR APPROACHING THE STOP LIGHT. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE VACUUM PUMP ASAP. IT'S DANGEROUS!
AC CONDENSER CRACKING BLOWING HOT AIR
MY 2016 SILVERADO WAS ALREADY RECALLED FOR THE BRAKES, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WEBER CHEVROLET, AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE RECALL. THIS WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. YESTERDAY I STARTED UP MY TRUCK AND A BRAKE SERVICE MESSAGE APPEARED, WHEN I PUT THE TRUCK INTO DRIVE AND WENT DOWN THE STREET THE BRAKES WERE MUSH, THEY WERE ALMOST UNRESPONSIVE AT THE LOW SPEED I WAS GOING. I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO ALMOST THE FLOOR AT THE STOP AND HEARD A LOUD GROWLING SOUND FROM EITHER UNDERTAKE HOOD OR THE WHEELS. SO WHAT EVER THEY WORK DID FOR THE RECALL NOTICE DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN YOUR RECALLS FOR THIS 2016 TRUCK.
BACKED INTO A SPOT AT WORK AND WHEN I PUT THE BRAKES ON TO STOP THE TRUCK WAS VERY HARD TO STOP .. THE BREAK PEDDLE DIDN'T GO DOWN ALL THE WAY ... I WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE
SILVERADO 1500. WHILE MOVING AT SLOW SPEED, LIKE IN LINE AT A DRIVE THRU, THE BRAKES WILL SOMETIMES GET REAL HARD TO PUSH PETAL TO BRING VEHICLE TO STOP. IT HAPPENS IN REVERSE MOVING SLOW AND ITS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN I'M BACKING BOAT IN BOAT RAMP AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO A POINT THAT I HAVE TO STAND ON THE PETAL AND ENGAGE PARKING BRAKE SO I DON'T LOSE MY TRUCK AND TRAILER INTO THE WATER. I HAPPENED ONCE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO BUT DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN TIL A MARCH 1 AND HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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